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PatentedA June 8, 1880.

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IINTTED STATES ATENT EETEE.

CHARLES H. WEBSTER AND WILLIAM G. WEBSTER, OF BUFFALO, N. Y.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,499, dated June 8, 1880.

Application filed May 4, 1880.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that we, CHARLES H. WEBSTER and WILLIAM G. WEBSTER, both of the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Cars, which improvements are fully set forth in the following speciiicatiou and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a stock-car having our invention combined therewith. Fig. 2 represents a vertical longitudinal section through the center of the car. Fig. 3 isa front view of one form of one of the separatingbars or stall-frames 5 Fig. el, a side view of one ofthe movable bars and Fig. 5 represen ts a top view of a fragment of a car, showing' a folding door, partly opened, and the arrangement of the hinges thereon, and Fig. 6 is a stall-frame.

Theobject of the first part of our invention is to provide the means for readily changing from a single to a double deck car, so as to allow the same car to be used for large stock or easily adjusted for the purpose of loading small stocksuch as sheep, hogs, Ste., also, to permit the unloading of small stock from the level of the platform by lowering the upper deck.

The lobject of the second part of our invention is to provide the means for readily throwing` open the whole side of the car when required, as will be more clearly hereinafter shown by reference to the drawings, in which- A represents the car; B, the doors, of which there are two on each side, arranged to open and fold together, as shown in Fig. 5, the letters C representing the hinges. D D are two bars, arranged two on each side of the car and jointed to the doors at E E. When opening the doors the ends of the bars aretlifted out of the catch F and turned up vertically, or nearly so,l substantially as shown by dotted lines F F2.

G represents the adjustable or movable deck. G is a screw arranged to work in a nut in the lower deck and to project up through the upper or movable one. It is provided with a ange (shown at G2, Fig. 2) and a square (No model.)

head, G3, so that it can be turned with a wrench, and thereby raise or lower the dcck.

Ve do not confine ourselves to the precise arrangement shown, as two or more removable screws similar to those shown at H, Fig. 2, may be used. f

I represents a number of bars, jointed to the deck at I', for holding it firmly in position when elevated. When it is necessary to lower the deck it is first raised high enough to loosen the bars I, which are then folded up under it, as shown at J, Fig. 2, and the deck is thenlowered down, so as to form a single-deck car.

It will be readily seen that removable bars may be used instead of the bars I, or that bolts may be arranged in the sides of the car, which can be rforced into the sides or under the deck, and thereby hold it up.

The division or stall frames for forming the separate stalls maybe arranged as shown in Fig. 2 and in the reduced drawing, Fig. 6.

The letters K represent the frame-bars, and L the cords for. holding them together. They are fastened to the lower bar and allowed to slip easily through the upper bar. Both cords are joined together at the top and are arranged to be let down or drawn up by means of the windlass M, (shown in Fig. 2,) which is operated by any well-known means for the purp'ose. AThese frames are constructed so as to move easily up or down in the grooved bars N, which are made adjustable lengthwise of the car, so as to vary the width of the stalls.

In Fig. 3 we have shown an equivalent arrangement of stall-frame, which is also adjustable lengthwise of the car, as shown in Fig. 2. A

The object in drawing up the stall-frames is to get them out of the way when the car is used as a double-deck car or when unloading the stock, and thereby allow a free exit to the anim als by giving them a betterchance to come together or turn around when necessary. The door-bars l? are also made adjustable lengthwise of the car, so that ifin adjusting the stalls, one should come in the way, it can b'e moved to one side until the animal has entered the stall.

We claim as our invention-l specified, in combination with the bars D and ro 1. In a stock-cer, im adjustable deck, G, profastening F, substantially es and for the purvided with bars I, jointed thereto et l', and poses shown.

adapted to be folded, as speced, in combina- A tion with one or more screws, G', arranged to operate in nuts in the lower deck, and provided J with 2L ztnge, G2, its and for the purposes de- Witnesses:

scribed. H. SANGSTER,

2. The folding doors B, hinged et C C C, as C. L. POND. 

